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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1954
Page
3
Washington notes humor from Communist regimes as escapes share jokes about Soviet and Hungarian life. Panels on a hiking can wait, an African adventure film, farming talks, and a Road Runners supper mark a March meeting with attendance contest results.
ANNAPOLIS Feb 15 A one cent rise in beer bottle or can prices may result from new House of Delegates bills. Del King proposes a half cent wholesale tax on beer and soft drinks with the consumer likely paying a penny more. Tax would apply to containers with under two cents deposit and funds would go to counties like the gasoline tax. Mandel seeks state regulation of fundraising organizations but exempts churches and political parties.
A 14 year old Negro boy received ten years in the State Reformatory for 16 burglaries. Juvenile Court waived the case to Youth Court due to the magnitude of offenses and the youth’s boasting of skill. The youth escaped six times from Boy’s Village and once from Pine Street Police Station by lock picking. Calvin E Lee, 40, was later given four years and a $500 fine for contributing to delinquency linked to the burglaries. A 16-year-old accomplice received up to five years. Edward Ray, with 23 prior convictions, faced related charges.
The regular meeting of the Jefferson Grange on February 4 in the Dr. O U A M Hall was led by Master Jack Lakin. Ralph Brown announced a community service plan. Henry Lakin Jr reported Youth meeting progress and a new Youth Degree team. A German girl seeks a name for a Frederick County family. A sewing contest features a cotton dress for girls and pajamas for youth. Cookie contest discusses ice box and drop cookies. January card party proceeds of 1890 will go to Schphy L. Storm to help buy a band uniform. box supper proceeds of 10326 go to the March of Dimes. Essay contest and sick committee named. Doris Gordon appointed reporter.
Bernard Charles, former heavyweight champion, is named January winner in the Hickok pro athlete of the year poll. His TV knockout of Bob Satterfield gave him the edge over Bob Cousey of the Celtics. Neil Johnston was third and Dutch Harrison fourth. Willie Shoemaker placed fifth in votes.
Carlyle Barton of Niles Barton Yost and Dankmeyer addressed 48 members of the Frederick and Montgomery County Bar Associations at the annual joint dinner in the Francis Scott Key Hotel ballroom. He paid tribute to Semiray Vanes and shared experiences from Baltimore practice. Edward D. Storm presided as toastmaster and introduced judges and bar leaders including Judge Delaplaine Woodward Frescott Schnauffer Harold C. Smith and Edward J. Smith. Group singing closed the evening led by David Betts.
Bread Of Life by Rev A P Bailey recalls George Washington at age 11 guided by his widow mother Mary Ball AMBE EIS who taught catechism and fostered devotion. A snippet notes an AWOL arrest of Melvin Jaco Gorman in Frederick City and a line claims Indonesians view islands as Polynesian homeland.
Judy Holliday, famed for dumb blonde roles, discusses her IQ of 172 and the pressure to appear witty. She says Hollywood reshaped her as she matured, values privacy, and prioritizes family over glamor while balancing career and personal life. She loves motherhood and aims to renew one film a year to keep work fresh.
Judy Mer discusses the toll of her career on life and eating. She notes her weight control fights, love of cooking, and fear of calories, claiming cooking becomes a trap as she tastes and serves her own dishes.
The fragmentary text presents a whimsical narrator named Lufburrow who speaks of a real identity, sea imagery, and staying to work things out. It invokes walrus and seal imagery and a vague journey across a cold waters setting, ending with a personal signature.
Desirable apartment house in a residential part of the city in excellent condition with annual gross income over 3000 dollars. Priced at 23000 dollars, it offers a better than 9 percent return on investment. Answer by appointment. Noah E Cramer & Son, Realtors.
Readable farm and property ad set on North Court Street with Murray Bohn and Murray C Sohn names. Mentions dairy form of 100 acres with cows and tractors near Graceham and Emmitsburg, several houses including 3 and 9 room brick homes, oil heat, and a 212 acre dairy farm with a 20 cow barn on Washington market.
Real estate ad lists several modern bungalows and brick dwellings for sale near Frederick with prices from 6 400 to 12 500, plus acreage dairy farms with outbuildings and stanchions. Includes contact details for Grayson Mercer Sons and Howard Fink Realtor.
Keifer M Koogle offers acres along a macadam road near Amits with a brick and frame home of six rooms, modern improvements, outbuildings, shrubbery, and quick possession for 17000. Also a 12 acre lot with seven room home, bath, furnace, garage, and corner lot near Frederick for 5300. Includes two brick houses with garages, a Cape Cod style three room home near Market St for 3000. Monument 2-1813 1500 West Ith St.
Real estate listings describe BROSIUS HOMES CORPORATION offerings with 4 room and bath, new 2 and 3 bedroom National Homes, Ranger design by Charles M. Goodman, and various brick bungalows. Financing options include Vets FHA VA terms, with monthly payments and down payments cited. Several existing houses on multiple streets feature porches, garages, basements, and large lots.
Listings show multiple dwellings for sale including a 1 bedroom modern frame home at 416 Columbus Ave with full decor and inspection periods, a 3 room frame dwelling, a brick 2 story corner home with tile baths and fireplace, a brick 2 bed 5 room dwelling with garage, and farm properties near Fred. Also includes several used car lot listings with 1953 Studebaker Champion Deluxe and other classics from Hillside Motor Co. Inc. and contact details for agents Emmert R Bowlus and R. L. Kelly.
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